Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup water

1 3/4 cups dry-roasted peanuts

1 1/2 teaspoons Middle Eastern rose water

Preparation

Line a baking sheet with foil. Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Stir in peanuts and boil, stirring frequently, until syrup thickens, about 8 minutes. Reduce heat to moderately low and stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt. Continue cooking, stirring and scraping any bits of crystallized sugar from side of pan into mixture (it will become very gritty), until sugar is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes more. (Sugar will still be gritty.)

Remove from heat and stir in rose water. Spread nuts on foil to cool completely, about 20 minutes.

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Recent Review

this recipe came out well. i used raw walnuts instead which, i toasted in the oven first. i increased the rosewater to 2 teaspoons after reading one of the reviews. still subtle but I think just right. i added only the 1/4 tsp. of salt called for in the body of the recipe.